• Rapid Fire: 2010-01-29

    Updated: 2010-01-28 20:32:06
    Forecast International: Gulf States will continue to drive Middle Eastern defense spending. See also Documental’s 2008 forecast. A Greener American Quadrennial Defense Review? From offshoring, to the business case for “backshoring” manufacturing. Australia’s difficult FFG-7 frigate upgrade: that’s a wrap. Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling wants bayonet training dropped – but the British had to use them in Iraq. See [...]

  • Boeing Contracted to Support Air Force One VC-25s

    Updated: 2010-01-28 13:40:11
    Air Force One (click to view full) Jan 28/10: Boeing in Wichita, KS received a $35.4 million contract to continue providing contractor support for the USAF’s fleet of 2 VC-25A aircraft. The VC-25As are heavily modified 747-200s, better known by their call sign when the President is on board: “Air Force One.” At this time, $8.2 million has [...]

  • $13.9M to DRC for LMSS Work Supporting F-16 Program

    Updated: 2010-01-28 00:30:27
    USAF F-16s, Iraq (click to view full) Dynamics Research Corp. (DRC) in Andover, MA received a task order valued at $13.9 million under the DoD’s Logistics, Maintenance and Supply Support (LMSS) contract to support the F-16 System Program Office in the Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Under the terms of the task [...]

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